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SAMPLE EXHiBITUR FOR WALL PAPER. v No. 285,755. Patented Sept. 25, 1 883.

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,NI'TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. KIDD, OF STOCKTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES DUFFY, OF SAN'FRANOISGO, CALIFORNIA.

SAM PLE-EXHIBITOR FOR WALL-PAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,755, dated September 25 1883.

Application filed March 24. 1883. (No model.)

clare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, refer- 20 .the salesman and the buyer.

ence being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive and vready means of fixing samples on the ends of roll-goods-such as wallpapers-that are commonly piled on shelves and in racks with the ends to view. I By the application and use of my device, as will 'be described hereinafter, the quality and style of goods can be readily determined or ascertained- Without lifting and unrolling the piece, and considerable time and labor thereby saved to The following description fully explains the manner in which I proceed to construct, apply, and use this improved sampleexhibitor, the said drawings being referred to therein by figures and letters.

Figure 1 illustrates the application of my device to the end of a roll of wall-paper, and Fig. 2 is a view of the device ready for use.

A represents a flat plate or disk of convenient size, formed preferably out of thin sheet metal and of circular outline, and B the fastening fixed to its back, for securing it to the end of a roll.

To manufacture this device in large quantities, simply, and inexpensively, I out or stamp the plates A out of tin, and then produce the fastening B by soldering a narrow strip of metal at the middle to the center of the back of the plate, and bending the two ends outward to stand out perpendicularly from the back. The ends of these prongs b I) being turned in or bent to touch each other will form aspringclip, to engage with one thickness or more of the goods when the prongs'are pressed into the end of the goods over the edge of a layer or series of layers. The prongs are made of different lengths, one shorter than the other, so that the ends I) b will not bear directly against each other. Such is the preferable formation, but the prongs may be of the same length.

The piece or sample to be exhibited is readily attached to the plate by means of gum or other adhesive matter.

The plate A can be cut to any desired shape of-outlinecircular, rectangular, or oblong.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sampleexhibitor for attachment and use on roll-goods, consisting of the plate A and fastening B, consisting of two prongs having their ends b I) pressed together by springpressure of the prongs, and adapted to take hold of a thickness of the material by pressing it between the ends I; b, as set forth.

JAMES EDWVARD KIDD. [L. s.']

Witnesses:

M. O. REID,

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